Comment Re: I remember anti-drug ads in the 80's (Score 1) 13
Sure, just not many 8 year olds are customers. It's teenagers.
Comment Re: Single dumbest way? (Score 1) 64
It's not stupid if chaos and destruction are the goals. It's only evil.
Comment Re: The long-term impact of this on the US (Score 1) 150
To maggots anyone not on their party line is wrong. Too bad that party line is an unprotected signal chat.
Comment Re: The long-term impact of this on the US (Score 1) 148
You were mad that efforts were being made to make up for prejudicial treatment that you have benefited from and now you want to cry about it here and get other people to comisserate with you over it. You proved exactly how necessary such efforts are with your crybaby reaction.
Comment Re: Crappy IT security has consequences (Score 1) 74
I have at least one persistent moderation troll. The usual one mods down three in a row without concern for appearances because he knows that slashdot protects anyone who increases post count
Comment Re:Idiocracy (Score 3, Insightful) 65
To be fair, I was also curious what Trump would do when he didn't have to worry about reelection or, indeed, living much past the end of his term. Curious in the way you see the edge of a cliff and wonder what it would be like to jump off.
For example, threaten to demolish the Kennedy Center if he can't add his name to it.
Or this, so childish. Trump to skip 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero because they wouldn’t let him give a speech
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City does not allow politicians to speak at Ground Zero to maintain a nonpartisan stance.
The president had initially intended to join former presidents and other officials in Manhattan on September 11, but those plans were changed after memorial planners seemingly reminded Trump’s team that politicians are barred from speaking at the site to maintain its nonpartisan stance, the New York Times reported.
Comment Re:Sure... (Score 1) 65
American's #1 issue these days: Affordability.
The solution? Add another "Tax" on things.
Well... Trump (still) says "affordability" is a hoax and foreign companies and countries pay the tariffs. The first is demonstrably wrong (just go buy food, gas...), the second is literally wrong (just look it up). He keeps pushing this and his followers keep going along with it. Boggles the mind. The Wharton School must be re-thinking the degree they gave Trump, 'cause it doesn't seem like he earned it...
Comment Re:Idiocracy (Score 2) 65
To be fair, I was also curious what Trump would do when he didn't have to worry about reelection or, indeed, living much past the end of his term. Curious in the way you see the edge of a cliff and wonder what it would be like to jump off.
For example, threaten to demolish the Kennedy Center if he can't add his name to it.
Comment Re:Idiocracy (Score 1, Interesting) 65
We all saw what happened the first time around, and a majority thought, "Let's do this again! Better this than some woman who laughs funny."
Well... "majority" means more than half and Trump only got 49.8% (77,302,580) of the popular vote and Harris got 48.3% (75,017,613). An estimated 36% (89 million) eligible voters didn't even vote - so only about 64% of eligible voters actually voted. This means that Trump only got about 31% of all eligible votes. More people didn't vote than voted for either individual candidate. So it's more like tyranny of the more motivated minority. Voting matters people. Also, my personal feeling is that if you don't vote, you don't get to complain.
Comment Re:Popular open-source DuckDB database (Score 1) 16
My thought as well.
Sure enough,
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Duck...
most of us don't need it.
"OLAP". Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time.
Comment Re: The long-term impact of this on the US (Score 1) 150
Turns out current usage != etymology (and no, a stereotypical luddite is not the same as a historical Luddite).
By all means, celebrate ignorance. I note you skipped over the #1 definition. Typical coward shit. You're afraid of knowledge.
Comment Re:Seems reasonable (Score 1) 58
I'd encourage Ring to find ways to close the window of access even more.
Google stores more data about users' activities than Ring could ever dream of. It's literally the basis of its primary business. Throw some more stones, though.
Comment Re:Translation: They want more money for the data (Score 2) 58
Your experience is literally irrelevant because it doesn't prove a negative and it doesn't speak to anyone else's experience.
Comment Numbers without percentages (Score 1) 150
Obviously NYT is just about narrative construction but it would be nice to know some figures like:
* what is that in percentage of researchers?
* and grants
* how many are typical in a year?
* what is the net in each direction for this time period?
* and for a typical year
I happen to know rwo researchers who got a position in Canada and several Canadians who got positions at US schools. That just seems normal from my limited perspective but maybe it's just because I feed them Molson and poutine so they keep coming around.
Remember, numbers given without percentages and percentages given withouts without numbers are always propaganda.
This has been your Defense against the Dark Arts class for today. Do your homework.
Submission + - US sanctions Italian leftwing net infrastructure provider (wewillfreeus.org)
Elektroschock writes: The United States put an Italian hacktivism group providing net infrastructure on a terror list and revoked their domain name. On August 26, 2026, the United States State Department designated Autistici/Inventati a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and placed it on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.
